Bank of Chōsen
The Bank of Chōsen (Japanese: 朝鮮銀行, romanized: Chōsen Ginkō, Korean: 조선은행 Joseon Eunhaeng), known from 1909 to 1911 as the Bank of Korea (Japanese: 韓國銀行 Kankoku Ginkō, Korean: 한국은행 Hanguk Eunhaeng) and transcribed after 1945 as Bank of Joseon, was a colonial bank that served as bank of issue for Korea under Japanese rule as well as being a commercial bank, with significant operations beyond Korea until 1945. Formed in 1909 by reorganization of the former Korean operations of Japan's Dai-Ichi Bank, it issued the Korean yen from 1910 to 1945.